Cover-fastener for tobacco-pails



( No Model.)

A.. BURGLAND.

COVER FASTENER FOB. TOBAGGO FAILS. No. 261,581. Patented July 25, 1882.

is ll/ 7? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW BURGLAND, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

COVER-FASTENER FOR TOBACCO-PA! LS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,581, dated July 25,1882.

' Application filed June 10, 1882. (No model.)

of Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, have inventednew and useful I111- provements in Cover-Fasteners for Tobacco Pails;and I hereby declare that the followin g is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing,which forms a part oflhis specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in the construction of devices for securing covers upontobacco-pails; and the invention consists of sheet-metal strapsremovably secured to the ears of the pail, and designed to be bent overand secured to the cover, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing,which isaperspective view of a tobacco-pailprovided with my improved fastener, A represents the pail, and B thecover thereof, constructed in the ordinary manner, the pail beingprovided with the bail O and ears D.

E represents metal straps cut from any suitable sheet metal which can bereadily bent without danger of breaking. One end of these straps E hasan elongated hole punched therein, so as to readily slip over the ears Dof the pail, and are held in position bythe bail.

When it is desiredto secure the cover B in place and against accidentaldisplacementthe upper ends of the straps E are bent over upon the top ofthe cover, and secured thereto by tacks or in any other suitable manner.By this means of securing the cover in place the pail is left in aperfect state, not being marred by the nailing of the cover to place orby theuse of staples, as in the ordinary manner, and after it has beenemptied of its contents E can readily be removed, when the pail can beused for other purposes, and will have a market value which they do nothave where the covers have-been secured to place in such a manner as tomar the body of the pail.

What I claim as my invention is- As a means for securing covers uponpails, the sheet-metal straps E, removably secured to the pail by theears and bail thereof, and adapted to be folded over upon and secured tothe cover, substantially as and for the purposes described. ANDREWBURGL'AND.

Witnesses:

DEXTER A. R001, J As. A. BEARDSLEY.

